Secretar y Lamont Makes Appointments To Central Committee On Lumber Standards

Washington, D. C.The Central Committee on Lumber Standards announced today the appointment by Secretary Robert P. Lamont, U. S. Department of Commerce, of Mr. Roy F. Morse and Mr. L. P. Lewin to active membership on the Central Committee on Lumber Standards. Mr. Morse will take the place vacated through the resignation of Mr. Ray E. Danaher, and will serve on the committee as representative of softwood lumber manufacturers. Mr. Lewin will fill the committee vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Guy Gray some months ago and will represent the city retail lumber dealer.

Both of thesb appointees are well qualified by many years of experience in lumber manufacture and distribution to become thus associated with the other members of the Central Committee in carrying forward the work of lumber standardization started over eight years ago by the organized lumber industry with the cooperation and assistance of the Division of Simplified.Practice of the Department of Commer'ce.

Mr. Morse is at present General Manager, Manufactur- ing Department, Longview Division, Long-Bell Lumber Company, Longview, Washington, having served in that capacity since the origin of that operation in 1924. Previous to that time Mr. Morse had held similar positions in the Manufacturing Department of one of the important milling units of the Long-Bell Company in the Southern Pine territory. His long, practical experience therefore deals with the manufacture, grading and shipment of not only Southern Pine and Southern hardrvoods, but the four important Pacific coast woods.

Mr. Lewin has been city retail lumber distributor for many years, and his experience in lumber merchandising and marketing will be invaluable to the future work of the Central Committee.

These two appointments by the Secretary of Commerce again bring the Central Committee up toits full complement of l1 representatives of lumber manufacturers, distributors, consumers, and technical organizations. The other members of the Central Committee and the organizations they represent are as follows:

John H: Kirby, Kirby Lumber Company, Houston, Texas, Chairman; W. E. Hawley,Duluth, Missabe & Northern Ry. Company, Duluth, Minn., Vice Chairman, Railroads and Engineers; W. M. Ritter, Columbus, Ohio, Manufacturers; LeRoy E. Kern, Technical Secretary, Structural Service Division, Washington, D. C., Ar,chitects and General Contractors; F. S. Underhill, Philadelphia,Pa., Wholesalers; Geo. D. Rose, Spahn & Rose Lumber Co., Dubuque, fowa, Line-Yard Dealers; Chas. T. Fisher, Fisher Body Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, Auto Body Manufacturers; W. B. Swift, Care International Harvester Co., Chicago, Illinois, Wood-Using Industries; E. J. Curtis, Curtis Companies Inc., Clinton, Iowa, Lumber Millwork Manufacturers.

The offices of the Committee are in the Transportation Building, Washington, D. C., and Arthur T. Upson is Secretary.

Advisory to the Central Committee are the Consulting Committee on Lumber Standards in the standardization of softwoods, the Hardwood Consulting Committee and the Division of Simplified Practice of the Department of Commerce, and the Forest Products Laboratory of the Department of Agri'culture

There are a number of active standardization projects before the Central Committee and the Consulting Committee. One of these is-the revision of the present 7,000 Series of IVloldings, authorized by the joint meeting of the Central and Consulting Committees in April, 1930, to bring their widths and designs into conformity with the American Standard dressed widths for kiln dried finish, with sound lumber manufacturing practice, and with good architectural design. The Sub-Committee representing lumber manufacturers asso.ciations interested in molding production, millwork manufacturers, and the American Institute of Architects, has practically completed its work of redesign and width adjustments and the new designs will soon be formally submitted by the Central Committee to the entire lumber industry for approval and publication.